Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

J. B. CRAWFORD BOTTLE STOPPER. No. 262,008. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

J ETHRO B. CRAWFORD, QFROGHESTER, NEW YORK.

BOTT LE-STOPPER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,608, dated August11, 1882.

\ Application filed Juno 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JETHRO B. CRAWFORD, of' Rochester, Monroe county,New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1. is a side elevation of myimprove ment applied to a bottle, the fastening being Fig. 2 is asimilar view with the fastening closed. Fig. 3 is an elevation,partially in section at right angles to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the fastenin g devices detached from the bottle andseparatedfrom each other. Fig. 5 isa plan of the neckwire.

My improvement relates to that class of bottle-stoppers in which a leveris connected with the bail wire to force the stopper into the mouth ofthe bottle by pressing the lever downward.

The invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of thefastening devices, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A shows the top of an ordinary bottle. B is thestopper-cap; G, the stopper; D, the neck-wire; E, the bail or yoke, andG the lever. These parts are constructed and arranged as follows: Theneck-wireD is made of two halves ofwire,which are twisted together atthe ends and form the two projecting pivots act on opposite sides, asshown in the plan view, Fig. 5. In preparing the neck-wire for use theends on one side are twisted together and on the other side they areleft open, so that the device can be placed upon the bottle. When placedaround the bottle the other ends are twisted together, and it is thenready for the application of the other parts of the fasten-- The lever Gis in the form of a loop, and it has two eyes or bends, b b, which fitaround the pivots a a. Below these eyes are ends 0 o, extending downwardin either curved or straight form, and having at the extremitieslaterally projecting pins d d, which also form pivots.

The bail E passes bodily through the stopper-cap and stopper, as shownat f, and at its lower ends it has two eyes or bearings, g g,

. whichfituponthepinsddofthelever. Above these eyes are reverse bendslrh, of the form shown, and so arranged that when the lever is throwndown, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper concave bends strike under andembrace the pivots a a of the neck-wire, which stop further throw of thebail, and consequently limit the down movement of the lever.

The novelty of my invention consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the neck-wire, bail,'and lever, as above described--viz., the neck-wire having the projecting pivots a a, the leverjointedto the neck-wire, the ends projecting below and provided with the pinscl d, and the bail pivoted at its lower ends to the pins of the lever,and provided with the bends above, which strike under the pivots of theneck-wire when the lever is thrown down. By this means when the bends hhare thrown up to the pivots a a they hook or fasten onto the pivots,and thus hold the bail down and fasten the stopper in place in thebottle, and substantially take the strain away from the lever. WVhen thebail is thus engaged with the pivots it acts as books to hold thestopper down, leaving the lever free. In addition to this, thebail,striking thepivots,acts-as a stop to the further throw of thelever, and theparts are so connected and arranged that when the partsstrike together the lower end of the lever will not be thrown quite upto the side of the bottle,but will stand a little off therefrom,

as shown in Fig. 2. This allows room for a finger-hold in openingthefastening,and facilitates the opening and obviates the difficulties thatarise in common stoppers where the lever strikes close up against theside of the bottle.

If desired, the pins d 01 may be formed on the ends of the bail E andproject inward, and the eyes gg be formed on the ends of thelever G andengage with the pins, as the action would be the same as abovedescribed.

So far as the action of the fastening devices is concerned, they may beused in connection with the stopper shown in the drawings, or with thecommon stopper, or with any other stopper adapted to the purpose.

The stopper-cap consists of a dish-shaped inverted plate of metal, B,either struck up or cast, and provided with holes through two oppositesides, through which the bail passes. The stopper or elastic portion ofthe device has, in addition to the packingpart k, which fits into thebottle, a thick upper portion, Z, which extends up into and fills theconcave part of the stopper-cap, as shown in Fig. 3, and the bail passesthrough this upper part and holds the packing and the cap fast together,at the same time allowing the proper turning action of the stopper onthe bail.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the neck-wire D, provided with pivots a a, theleverG, pivoted to the neck-wire, and provided with projecting ends havingpins 41 d, and the bail E, attached to the stopper-cap, pivoted at itslower ends to the pins dd, and having bends h h, forming hooks, whichcatch under the pivots of the neck-wire when the fastening is closed, asherein shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

J. B. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses:

R. F. ()SGOOD, Z. L. DAVIS.

